[ALBSA-Info] Ridiculous and disturbing

[Agron Alibali]

The following ridiculous and disturbing "press
release" can be found through dejanews search in the
internet.

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Government of Epirus in Exile
Press Office
 
HRH Prince Alexander Calls for Vote on Independence
for Epirus
 
For Immediate Release
Monday, January 10, 2000
Contact: Press Office
epirus at prweb.com
(New York)  While celebrating Orthodox Christmas
yesterday, His Royal Highness Prince Alexander of
Epirus called for an internationally supervised
referendum on independence for his beleaguered
country.  HRH, who heads the Epirotean Government in
Exile, said that “Albania has refused to live up to
any of the treaties it has made in the past regarding
Epirus and there is no reason to believe they will
begin today.  We must, therefore, seek the assistance
of  other nations to ensure our own independence and
stability in the region.  There can be no stability 
without peace, and there can be no peace without
justice.” Albania last agreed, in the Protocol of
Corfu, to allow Epirus to be an autonomous area within
the state of Albania but has never implemented the
plan, in fact, thousands of Epiroteans have been
slaughtered by the Albanian military and secret police
in the past 40 years.  Thousands of Epiroteans have
fled their homes to escape what has been called “the
most oppressive government on earth.”
Commenting on Albania’s human rights record the Prince
said  “It is unseemly for Albania to pretend to take
the high moral road in reference to its own people in
Kosovo while following a policy of ethnic cleansing
against the Epirotean people.”  He later quoted from a
United Nations Human Rights Committee Report which
states that “...In Albania and specifically in North
Epirus,  human rights especially those pertaining to
religion are trampled and suffocated beyond belief.”
The  people of Epirus ( a tiny country consisting of
about the
southernmost third of Albania) are a diverse group,
mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians, of ethnic Greek,
Roma, Vlach and Slavic descent. Epirus has been
occupied by Albania since 1913.
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